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Optical Spectrometer

Thursday, 01 April 2010

Mcpherson (Chelmsford, MA) has developed a 248/130 grazing
incidence wavelength dispersive optical spectrometer that analyzes
spectral light in the ~1 to 300 nm wavelength region (4 to ~1200
eV). It is useful for the vacuum ultraviolet as well as the extreme and
soft X-ray wavelength region. Using direct detection CCDs, gated
image intensifiers, or fast channel electron multipliers for detection,
the instruments are vacuum leak checked and calibrated with
respect to wavelength. Vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy accessories, including various detector
systems and wavelength calibration sources, are available from

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